Bob Walsh
Stockton, CA
Male, 60
I worked for the California state system, starting as a Correctional Officer and retiring as a Lieutenant in 2005. I now write for the PacoVilla blog which is concerned with what could broadly be called The Correctional System.
You are talking about jails rather than prisons as far as I can tell. The rules are different, at least sometimes. Also, some Correctional Officers working for local jurisdictions are Public Officers, some are Peace Officers. Different rules there too. It is unlikely a C/O would be dating someone who is actually in jail where he works. That isn't exactly dating, though it could be sexual contact. In most situations in most states ANY sexual contact between custody and prisoners is highly illegal. It is considered rape under pretty much all circumstances and regularly leads to people getting fired and prosecuted. In most jurisdictions if a Peace Officer is actively involved with someone who is on probation or parole it must be reported to the employer. The relationship would be frowned on and might be considered illegal. It is a very dangerous, and very tricky, situation.
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My experience is in a PRISON, not a JAIL. There is a difference. In prison, the answer is YES, when we ran them through the METAL DETECTOR (not body scanner) they had to take their shoes off..
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That would depend a lot on circumstances.
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It would depend on the jurisdiction I expect. The Watch Commander, who in California is a Lieutenant, has operational control of the prison during non-business hours. I suspect it is the same in many other jurisdictions. The watch commander can ban a visitor pending review by higher authority, though must have at least some sort of reasoning to do so and there would be paperwork attached to such an action . Banning an employee from the grounds takes a higher authority than the watch commander (again in California.)
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Of course a Correctional Officer can buy stocks. Why wouldn't they be able to? If you buy low and sell high you can make money. If you do it the other way around you lose money. That is how it works. Investment strategy really isn't my field of expertise.
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Sorry, not by end of the business. My GUESS is that it is a good thing and they are preparing to release him, maybe into some sort of a pre-release program, near his address of record. That is, however, only an educated guess. I have almost zero experience with the federal system which is apparently what you are dealing with.
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